Dog News: WARNING- How cleaning your home could be DEADLY for your cats and dogs

HOUSE proud pet owners are being warned about the potentially deadly danger they pose to animals when they give their homes a spring clean - with some beloved cats and dogs even having to be put down after coming onto contact with caustic chemicals.

"Also, if you’re cleaning floors or other areas pets use, please keep them out of harm’s way and rinse the areas after cleaning.

"Using products at the correct dilution also helps to ensure pets don’t come into contact with concentrated chemicals.”

Ensuring that animals get urgent veterinary treatment if they are suspected to have been in contact with household products can be the difference between life and death.

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Owners should be alert to symptoms of toxic chemical exposure

Pets hate Vets

Tue, October 28, 2014

IT'S the animal equivalent of going to the dentist - a trip to the dreaded vets. These pictures - collated by the website pulptastic - show just how traumatic the whole experience is for pets.
Hugging their owners closely, some unfortunate dog owners were forced to bear the entire weight of their large canines, and for others it simply proved too much, such as this desperate dog who buried his whole head into a rug

IT'S the animal equivalent of going to the dentist - a trip to the dreaded vets.?These pictures - collated by the website pulptastic - show just how traumatic the whole experience is for pets.?Hugging their owners closely, some unfortunate dog owners were forced to bear the entire weight of their large canines.?And for others it simply proved too much, such as this desperate dog who buried his whole head into a rug

Among the symptoms pet owners should be on the alert for if their animals have been exposed to toxic chemicals are:

• Ulcerated or irritated skin including inside the mouth

• Vomiting or coughing

• Difficulty eating and excessive salivation/foaming at the mouth

• Pawing at the mouth

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Pets could suffer serious complications from exposure to cleaning products

Bootsie’s owner, Sophie McDowall, 24, from Northfields, Leicester, explained how her pet almost died: “I bleached the toilet and bathroom and hadn’t thought anything more about it.

"However, in the morning I woke to find Bootsie lying lifeless on his blanket with his tongue sticking out, dribbling everywhere and making a very strange noise.”

Beau’s owner Eva Paterson, 26, from Edinburgh, had noticed how he had developed a cough and was sick after eating or exercise but then, while doing housework, she discovered the bathroom door was ajar and found him drinking out of the toilet.

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Beau was drinking out of the toilet and suffered chemical burns

Ms Paterson, 26, said: “I called PDSA Edinburgh Pet Hospital and they wanted to see him urgently because swallowing bleach can be very damaging.

"When we arrived they listened to his heart and had a look at his mouth and throat which seemed to be irritated and he appeared to have suffered chemical burns.”

PDSA vet Ms Ashman added: “Bootsie and Beau don’t have any permanent effects from drinking bleach but they are among the lucky ones, as both incidents could have been much worse.

"We really want to try and prevent pets coming into contact with everyday household cleaning products and want to raise awareness of the possible dangers.”